Bahamas

Brazilian Couple Pleads Guilty to Smuggling People More Than 10,000 Miles to South Florida

How do you know when your immigration system is truly messed up? When people pay $16,000 to be smuggled more than 10,000 miles just to end up in jail and on the wrong side of an STD joke in South Florida.That's exactly what happened to some poor Brazilian bastards who posed as tourists in order to t ... More >>

Report on Florida GOP's Golf Cart Full of Hookers Scandal to Remain Sealed

Sorry, guys. We won't be getting any more info on the rumors that top Republican Party of Florida officials held a fundraising shindig in the Bahamas that featured a golf cart full of hookers. At least not anytime soon, it seems. A court today blocked the release of investigative reports into the ma ... More >>

Norwegian Breakaway's Test Kitchen: Crab Cakes, Lobster Ragout and Cake Pops

Cruising is as much about eating as ocean views. But today's upscale lines pride themselves on gourmet eats, even tapping celebrity chefs to oversee their dining options (hence "cruise bloat").Norwegian Cruise Line's newest ship, the Breakaway, is due to set sail in April 2013, and with 17 different ... More >>

Bloom in Wynwood Needs Polishing

Bloom in Wynwood Needs Polishing

In the past five years, the Wynwood Arts District has transformed from an area of warehouses and thrift shops to a mecca of art-centric lounges, bars, and restaurants. Crowds of creative folks and Magic City hipsters now strut around gallery events in vintage-meets-American Apparel -- with an added ... More >>

Matthieu Godard of db Bistro Moderne: Cooking From One Country to Another

See also Julie Frans' San Diego Roots and Matthew Oetting of BLT Steak: From NYC to MIA.As Miami makes its culinary mark, chefs of every stripe are making their way to the Magic City - and not just via other U.S. destinations. European talent is also finding its way to our sunny shores, lured by big ... More >>

Winter Music Conference yacht parties March 16 to 25

Mickey Mouse vs. Micky Arison: Disney Bringing Cruises to Port of Miami

​Micky Arison's Carnival Cruise Lines has another Mickey with a cruise empire about to encroach on its turf. Mickey Mouse that is. Disney Cruise Line has announced that beginning later this year, it will be sail ships out of the Port of Miami for the first time.

Dwyane Wade Tells GQ He Paints His Toenails Black

​If you happen to see Dwyane Wade's bare feet, don't make the same mistake LeBron James made and assume D-Wade has some sort of nasty toenail infection. He just likes to paint his toenails black.MV3 discusses his preference for noir foot digits and his other fashion habits in the latest issue of G ... More >>

Groove Cruise 2012 Is 96-Percent Sold Out! Less Than 40 Cabins Left!

Via facebook.com/groovecruise​Quick, hit the fucking techno siren! Alert, alert, alert ... If all you beat freaks were planning to "GET WHET" aboard the Groove Cruise next January, there's no time to waste 'cause Crossfade has just received word that the world's largest floating dance music festi ... More >>

Sly Is Homeless, The Family Stone Books a Miami Cruise

Sly "The Crenshaw Player" Stone.​Reports are all over the interwebs about legendary soul-funk man Sly Stone being homeless and living in LA's Crenshaw hood. But we'd like to point out (as he probably would too) that Sly lives in a van, a pretty big one, and that having a mobile home is way bette ... More >>

Coke-smuggling legend Mickey Munday does spoken word

Cocaine Smuggler Mickey Munday Does Spoken Word

C. Stiles​If you're a fan of firsthand accounts, Michael O. Munday is something of a local treasure. Almost every one of his colleagues is dead, in prison, or underground. But 65-year-old Mickey Munday -- as the served-his-time cocaine megasmuggler is known -- just won't shut up. Now the gre ... More >>

Children of God at O Cinema June 2 through 5

Fatboy Slim, Laidback Luke, Rusko, Steve Aoki Setting Sail Aboard Hard Cruise 2012

Fatboy Slim, your electronic music captain.​There is finally a lineup for the upcoming Hard Cruise -- now cleverly named Holy Ship! -- departing from Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale on January 6, 2012 and returning on January 9. The four-day cruise will travel Port Lucaya in the Bahamas and a p ... More >>

The Cougar Cruise is Coming Back to Miami: Get Your Spanx Ready, Ladies

​Martha, a 52-year-old ad executive from suburban Connecticut, often lies awake at night thinking back to those glorious few days she spent sailing the high seas and cruising the young men aboard the first ever Cougar Cruise. Though, even she'll admit her looks and libido have faded some since her ... More >>

Krop's basketball coach skirts recruiting rules

Shakey Situation: Krop High Shouldn't Have Escaped Disqualification

Steve SatterwhiteBernard Wright (center, standing) flanks coach Shakey Rodriguez during their FIU days.​This news story will appear in Wednesday's issue of New Times. It includes reporting that was published last week on our news blog, and which was referenced without attribution in this weeke ... More >>

Krop High Basketball Scandal: Where in the World Does Brian Delancy Live?

Facebook​So we finally reached Bernard Wright, the sketchy high school recruiter and legal guardian of disqualified-and-then-reinstated Dr. Michael Krop High guard Brian Delancy. This is what he had to say: "Don't you ever fucking call this number again. You're a fucking scum bag and if I ever fuc ... More >>

Top 10 Football Gambling Foods

​Gambling is one of the greatest highlights of football season. Got a dozen bets running every Sunday? Risk your car payment on whether a college quarterback would run or throw his first TD? Trying to decide between the line and the over? Log in to your bookie through your smartphone? Here's how t ... More >>

Director Kareem Mortimer Talks Religion, the Carribean, and Gay Love

After producing several documentary films (and a few shorts) over the last six years, Bahamian filmmaker Kareem Mortimer has finally made the leap to feature-length fiction work with Children of God. And he has no intention of looking back. "Documentaries were really, really important to me. I will ... More >>

Miami International Film Festival Announces This Year's Films

​The Miami International Film Festival (MIFF) has announced their program of films even though you, the general public, won't be able to buy tickets until February 19th. As usual, the 10-day festival has a strong Ibero-American focus, featuring many big screen creations from Spain, Portugal, and L ... More >>

News Roundup: Forgetful Grandmother Charged in Baby's Death

The grandmother who accidently left a 3-month-old baby in a car to die is being charged with aggravated manslaughter. Temperatures in the car reached 134 degrees. [PBPost]She's out on a $10,000 bond. [CBS4]Five Miami-Dade high schools make a national list of the 100 best high schools. [Herald]A crui ... More >>

Food News Roundup: LandShark, Art Basel, No App, Bordeaux, Bahamas, and Benihana

Boston Culinary Group signed contract extension with LandShark Stadium to provide food and beverage services through 2021. [Hospitality-1st]AOL's Digital City restaurant recommendations for Art Basel include Mr. Chow, Hakkasan, Michael's Genuine, and Caviar Kaspia. [DigitalCity]An advertising agency ... More >>

Voices United Record Release Party and Fundraiser Tonight

Voices United recording at the Hit Factory​Not many records released this year will have as much good karma on their side as Lost & Found, the new album by Miami nonprofit Voices United.Voices United was founded in 1989 by then 17-year-old director Katie Christie. It brings together 150 local ... More >>

Lobsternomics 101: The Lobster Market in Miami, Cuba, and The World

image via Wikimedia CommonsFlorida Spiny Lobster​Last week I heard a chef say "lobster's cheaper than chicken," which got Short Order wondering about Lobsternomics, the study of the lobster economy as it relates to fishermen, wholesalers and restaurants in South Florida. We'll be delving into the ... More >>

Hialeah Boat Captain Gets 3 Years for Human Smuggling

The young Hialeah boat captain caught transporting eight immigrants to Boynton Beach this past January will serve up to three years in prison. U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth A. Marra sentenced 28-year-old Jovel Dominguez-Hernandez to 36 months yesterday for human smuggling. The indictment notes ... More >>

Head Spins: DJ Irie

The king of clubs, and official Miami Heat DJ, now boasts a namesake party weekend.

Glug, Glug, Click

Tim Calver shoots in mermaid territory

Mmm ... Beer, Mon

The brews of the islands wash up on our shore

Goombay's Gonna Get You

Taking It to the Streets

After Brokeback, Still Queer

Film fest puts gay life onscreen

Letters from the Issue of September 1 , 2005

Killing sports, dumping Dolphins, and some Miami history

Forever Missing

For more than two decades Donna Weaver has been trying to solve the mystery of her husband's disappearance, but the U.S. government insists it's a secret

Irie Marley Party

Hype Man

Leon Coldero carries the soca flame from Florida to Trinidad

BEST POLITICAL COUP

New regime at Miami's Community Redevelopment Agency

This Week's Day by Day Picks

Stage Tykes

Tiny dancers honor thy mothers

Follow the Money

Fin Tales

Dolphins

Best Beer Selection In A Store

Milam's Market

At Bayside, Ship Happens

Miamarina wants the raucous La Rumba party boat out. Its owners are crying foul.

Shark Bait

Treasure hunter, diving extremist, and aspiring filmmaker Ron McManmon launches the ultimate party barge and introduces the gentleman's sport of shark riding

Letters

The One That Didn't Get Away

A National Marine Fisheries Service scientist hooks some big violations

Swelter 38

Catch a Wave...If You Can

South Beach surfing has its ups and downs -- mostly downs -- but for a dedicated posse of locals it still can be swell